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Comment: Any idea why this would be used? (Score 1) 418

by noamsml on Friday May 08 2009, @08:36AM (#27875707) Attached to: When Hacked PCs Self-Destruct

The only idea I came up with was that it was for destroying evidence.

Comment: Re:Why a web browser needs threads (Score -1, Troll) 626

by noamsml on Sunday March 22 2009, @03:41PM (#27290873) Attached to: Windows and Linux Not Well Prepared For Multicore Chips

Chrome.

Comment: Re:More Likely Responses (Score 1) 133

by noamsml on Tuesday February 10 2009, @01:09PM (#26800171) Attached to: Hackable Microcontroller-Powered Valentine's Card

She'd be more interested in hearing that her lover is running at 14MHz.

Comment: Re:How about... (Score 1) 791

by noamsml on Tuesday February 03 2009, @04:00PM (#26716793) Attached to: Torvalds Rejects One-Size-Fits-All Linux

All of those are Debian.

Comment: Re:How about... (Score 1) 791

by noamsml on Tuesday February 03 2009, @03:59PM (#26716771) Attached to: Torvalds Rejects One-Size-Fits-All Linux

Linux Starter: Linspire
Linux Home Basic: Fedora
Linux Home Premium: Ubuntu
Linux Business: Novell
Linux Enterprise: RHEL
Linux Ultimate: Arch

Comment: Re:That is one thing... (Score 1) 308

by noamsml on Sunday January 11 2009, @09:15PM (#26412431) Attached to: Chrome On the Way For Mac and Linux

When I first heard about Chrome, I was sure it was a custom version of Firefox with a differect Chrome because of the name (by "when I first heard of Chrome" I mean the seconds until I clicked the headline and read about what it was).

Comment: Re:Enough already... (Score 1) 308

by noamsml on Sunday January 11 2009, @09:13PM (#26412411) Attached to: Chrome On the Way For Mac and Linux

Why not? Moonlight 2 should be released around April, at which point Silverlight will support all 3 major platforms, and, unlike flash, will have an Open Source implementation.

Comment: Re:Still making 32 bit? (Score 1) 641

by noamsml on Sunday January 04 2009, @10:44AM (#26320241) Attached to: 32bit Win7 Vs. Vista Vs. XP

Or less than 1GB, in which case running a 64-bit OS is a pain due to increased pointer memory usage.

Comment: Re:And so it begins. (Score 1) 150

by noamsml on Monday May 26 2008, @03:41PM (#23548141) Attached to: Unofficial Homebrew Channel For the Wii

Isn't the Wii sold at a profit?

Call 9-1-1, get yourself killed-> 0

Submitted by ajb44 on Saturday September 15 2007, @01:58PM

ajb44 writes "What do you do if you discover a crime, and the criminals haven't seen you yet? Call 911 on your mobile. Problem is, some recent mobiles now squawk loudly when you do this, potentially alerting the criminals to your presence. A FOAF had this happen to her. Fortunately the criminals had already left, but she's now worried about using 911 when checking her woods for criminal activity. Verizon and Casio techs claimed that this is an FCC mandate, but it's not really clear yet. Please help tell the FCC, Verizon and Casio that this is a dumb idea."
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